State v. Henderson

The court below reversed appellee’s conviction and entered a judgment of acquittal on the ground that Deputy White’s arrest of appellee was illegal. For the reasons which follow, we find that the arrest was legal and reverse the judgment of the appellate court.

I

As a preliminary matter, we note *56that an illegal arrest does not invalidate a subsequent conviction which is otherwise proper. Gerstein v. Pugh (1975), 420 U.S. 103, 119; Frisbie v. Collins (1952), 342 U.S. 519; Ker v. Illinois (1886), 119 U.S. 436; Sopko v. Maxwell (1965), 3 Ohio St. 2d 123, 32 O.O. 2d 99, 209 N.E. 2d 201; Caldwell v.…